The mildly deranged penguin says that is the greater eyed cheesed trout, a quite common lizard noted for its bad attitude (the “cheesed” in the name is short for “cheesed off”) and skill at skiing across lava flows. The false eyes on the ski racks are not to scare off predators, nor to entice mates, both of whom are more attracted to its self-barbecuing (it apparently tastes something like chicken, but named “trout” as “another chicken-like critter” is boring); the actual purpose of false eyes is not-known. The commonly-held belief they are GPS receivers is clearly nonsense, as the lizard has a notoriously bad sense of direction when not skiing across lava flows (the “greater” in the name is said to be short for “great sodding eejit”, but that is thought to refer to the professor who first named the lizard).
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The mildly deranged penguin says that is the greater eyed cheesed trout, a quite common lizard noted for its bad attitude (the “cheesed” in the name is short for “cheesed off”) and skill at skiing across lava flows. The false eyes on the ski racks are not to scare off predators, nor to entice mates, both of whom are more attracted to its self-barbecuing (it apparently tastes something like chicken, but named “trout” as “another chicken-like critter” is boring); the actual purpose of false eyes is not-known. The commonly-held belief they are GPS receivers is clearly nonsense, as the lizard has a notoriously bad sense of direction when not skiing across lava flows (the “greater” in the name is said to be short for “great sodding eejit”, but that is thought to refer to the professor who first named the lizard).